Craft Recipe CardsWe’d like to introduce you to our Craft Recipe Cards! We posted our very first craft recipe card last month on Instagram. We know many of you have some great crafts that you do with families and we also know that sometimes you might need a little inspiration for new ones! Blossoming Friendship Trees
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Call for Proposals from ALSC’s Education CommitteeThe ALSC Education Committee is now accepting proposals for innovative programs for continuing education opportunities for their members. ALSC committees, members, and other interested individuals are encouraged to submit a proposal (ALSC membership is not required). Be part of this exciting professional development opportunity by submitting your program today!
Presentations should provide a valuable learning experience and avoid being too limited in scope. Topics of particular interest based on ALSC member feedback include:
Please note that participants attending ALSC programs are seeking valuable educational experiences; the Education Committee will not select a program session that suggests commercial sales or self-promotion. A presenter stipend is available. Proposals are accepted and reviewed on an ongoing basis. To submit a program proposal for the ALSC Education Committee, please visit the ALSC website for the submission form and instructions: https://www.ala.org/alsc/elearning Please contact Sarah Polen, Program Officer for Continuing Education, spolen@ala.org, with questions. Join us at the CSD Booth at the OLA Conference
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Are you interested in impacting children’s library services and programming? Are you passionate about serving children? Do you know someone who is? Please consider nominating yourself or someone else for the OLA, Children’s Services Division Board. Work with your peers to make children's libraries a better place. You learn new things along the way. Email us to let us know your interest. CSD Position Openings
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Please let us know if you are interested in any of these roles or send us the names of library workers you’d like to nominate. Reach out with your questions and ideas! CSD@olaweb.org AuthorTara Morissette
AuthorTara Morissette The Children's Services Division (CSD) hopes to see you at this year's OLA Conference in Bend, Oregon - April 19th-22nd. Register here: https://oregonlibconference.org/2023/ Stop by the CSD exhibit booth to learn more about what CSD does, play some fun games, make a craft, pick up copies of recipe ingredients, and win a few prizes! Here are some conference events that the CSD team is planning and youth-focused sessions the CSD is sponsoring:
Library Programs with Museums Looking for a fun, easy program to offer kids, teens, and families? Try working with a museum or outdoor educator! Learn more about what is currently being offered around the state. Each participating organization will have hands-on activities you can learn during the session and take back to your library. Participating organizations include the University of Oregon's Museum of Natural History and Culture, Discover Your Forest (non-profit arm of Forest Service), and more. Summer Reading: What Is It Good For? This is the spot if you're wondering any of the following: Why do we do summer reading? How does summer impact kids, teens, and families in our state? How does my library fit into the bigger picture of summer? for Oregon families? What's our vision for summer in our community? Are we accomplishing what we want to? Join a panel of Summer Reading experts to learn more. Fostering Readers: Research-Based Literacy Activities for K-3rd Graders Explore research-based strategies for supporting K-3rd graders who are learning how to read and get ideas for starting your own literacy program. Learn from one of the creators of the Fostering Readers resources, a librarian who used the resources to implement a virtual literacy program during the pandemic and continued with in-person programming with the children and their families, and a librarian partnering with an elementary school to implement Camp Big Read-an in-person summer program for struggling readers based on Fostering Readers. Prepare to participate! Next Level Storytime You are an experienced storytime presenter who loves talking with families about literacy tips and tricks. You enjoy finding just the right picture book for that social-emotional learning need. If necessary, you could create a storytime at the very last minute. This session is for you if you are looking to level up with new ideas, you want to be intentional about incorporating early literacy best practices into your programming, you have been doing storytime for at least three years, or you need a crash course surround by a wealth of experience because you need to get to this level NOW! There will be plenty of opportunities to share and learn together, so be ready to dive in! Oregon Youth Author Fair: Part 1 & Part 2 Meet Oregon authors who write for children and teens! Authors and illustrators from across the state will be featured in this open house, author-fair style program that gives you a chance. talk directly with authors, get books signed, and learn more about what is happening locally with children and young adult literature. Library STEM Oregon libraries currently incorporate STEM in a variety of ways. Come hear different approaches to STEM from librarians and community partners. These sessions and many others await you in Bend! We look forward to seeing you there! Please consider joining CSD when you renew your OLA membership! Your membership allows us to continue to serve you! It only costs ten dollars for full time workers, and five dollars for part time workers! AuthorEmily West and Tara Morissette
Rocío Espinoza-Cotero is the Library Outreach Coordinator at Hillsboro Public Library. She previously worked at HPL as the Libros (Spanish Outreach) Coordinator. Before joining the HPL team she held several other jobs serving the young people of Oregon, including more than one library in Washington County, Portland Public Schools, and Centro Cultural. For more information please go to our Lampman 2023 webpage. AuthorTara Morissette Please join the Children's Services Division for our upcoming Early Literacy Virtual Spring Workshop, "Inclusive Early Literacy: Using the Principles of Universal Design for Learning" on Wednesday, March 15th from 1:00-4:00 pm. We are excited to announce that Melissa Pebly, EdD Assistant Professor of Practice, Portland State University, College of Education will be our workshop facilitator. Her workshop will help attendees become familiar with: · How storytime can impact educational outcomes for children with disabilities and diverse learning needs. · The principles of Universal Design for Learning. · Initial strategies to support children with disabilities in storytime. Pre and Post Session Readings/Websites From Melissa Pebly:
Questions? Contact csd@olaweb.org. AuthorsTara Morissette and Emily West
But how about “noteworthy”? Based on a poll we all participated in during the workshop, here is our definition(s): Interesting to me; worth talking about and sharing; worth reading more than once; inventive in some way; worth recommending; quality, well-written, memorable; something that sets it apart and makes it better; valuable for sharing with patrons. We had a great discussion comparing pre- and post-pandemic reading habits and preferences, storytimes and attention span (both kids and parents). In general, graphic novels are ever popular, and kids and parents have had to learn or re-learn how to do story time. A question arose about what libraries in small towns can do other than using the big vendors if they just want to buy one book. Shopping at Bookshop.org or making deals with local bookstores in small towns might be solutions for smaller libraries, but for the most part, it seems that we use Ingram and Baker & Taylor a lot, and sometimes Amazon. A couple more interesting tidbits: Fun activities associated with lots of new books can be printed from publisher websites. And last but not least, you might also want to check out this pilot project from the state library who granted 5 libraries Welcoming Library kits. Author Holly Campbell-Polivka
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